scott pelley is a government mule. i'm not at all surprised by all this though i should be;

As I discuss at length in my 2022 book, Unreliable Watchdog: The News Media and U.S. Foreign Policy, prominent Western press outlets have served as willing conduits for Washington’s propaganda regarding international issues—especially armed conflicts. The proliferation of thoroughly distorted, pro-Ukraine coverage is the most recent example. An April 13, 2025, segment on the CBS television news program 60 Minutes highlighted the problem.

The segment, hosted by Scott Pelley, featured a lengthy interview with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. One striking aspect was Pelley’s failure to challenge any of Zelensky’s assertions, no matter how controversial or dubious. A willingness to ask tough questions, especially of a leader that the United States and its NATO allies clearly regard as a client, is a key test that distinguishes propaganda from genuine journalism. Pelley, however, casually echoed the official line of NATO governments that Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine was entirely “unprovoked.”

Multiple foreign affairs experts have made the case that NATO’s inexorable expansion eastward toward Russia’s border, and especially the stated intention of NATO leaders and Kiev to bring Ukraine into the alliance despite Moscow’s heated objections, most definitely did constitute a provocation. Pelley simply failed to mention that long-standing controversy in Western academic and policy circles. Indeed, he allowed Zelensky to turn history on its head without the slightest challenge. Citing the carnage in his country, the Ukrainian leader asserted that the destruction and loss of life was “all for Vladimir Putin’s vanity war to expand Russia to NATO’s doorstep” (emphasis added).........more.........